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Publisher Hannover House’s film and vid arm has picked up Joel Schumacher’s dark teen chiller “Twelve” for around $2 million.

Plans are for a major-market theatrical rollout this year. Hannover has released a handful of titles theatrically, but until now hadn’t jumped into bigger films. A private equity fund is backing title acquisitions for Hannover.

“It’s a very significant investment for us,” said Hannover CEO Eric Parkinson. “In order for us to really thrive, we have to step up.”

“Twelve” was produced by France’s Gaumont, Radar and Original Media, with CAA packaging the financing. Gaumont, both a production and a distribution company, financed “Twelve.”

Gaumont sparked to the script by Jordan Melamed and wanted to make a Schumacher film. “As a low-budget indie-style film, we could go into production without pre-sales,” Gaumont chairman Sidonie Dumas told Variety.